Sectional radiator.



F. GERBI.

SECTIONAL RADIATOR. APPLICATION FILED APR. 2'2. I914.

282,213,, Patented 00 5.22, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

Wm E55 INVENTOR from? @erbi.

f Y A ilomeys F. GERBI.

SECTIONAL RADIATOR.-

APPLlCATlON FILED APR.22. 1914.

Patented (m. 22, 1918,

Z SHEETSSHEET 2 WI TN ESSE S.-

Frank 4% 13332 233 Specifieaiisn 0f ifiiltlf; Eats-1113.

county 2: z Tommi (fifi'fflil xow and usef T 1n Sectional Radmio Ewing" 1 spocificatinn.

Thi invvntiml pal-twins 1'0 iinpr-fwemems iii rm tors, pnri'icuhirly nui'zzbors built in secfio n 0b mm or more in" thc a ions 3101mm may be readiiy replufied 1 1* the gm pmcs of repair, or sthm'w improved, rnd'iu'oz is especially adapmm use 011 :mtmmibiics in conjpfilction xvi 3 'ion engines of the :mlly o m'uni'ion 0011s in an ilnpn'n'emont in rzuiinmrs of the fiype k pccifisf Whure n a maxim! 110M transferring surface is cured, 2'. (a, the ho; Wzlt from he engine jack at xposed to a 1mm num 1110?. of air cuolvd surfaces.

inothvr feature of the invention c011.

in nuamfi Whewhm 00M weather he M. h n from H10 engine may be utilized in Saul l'adin'r 0 to pieL-hldaim1- has chilling 02- ii-oozing of thc COUMIEQ liquid.

Font um; '31 a 11 M appear 5mm tin: hereduscription taken in com i111 Hu- (1r;z.\'in s;1 zzccompni of the invention other Hum!) d va-1412M, \v' inrxflur detailed jlmwjion \vi is a transverse sectian of one Ddf :uhz1'0r 0f the present mve being (if Hm s21 id secfn'm m ken near mm 2 i3 :1 rm? alevaisn of the {)CTUOD 6.1 i '31 111 Fig. 1 1161119.]

Referring to the drawings, A gmizes H10 Radiator 01 file present infant wally, which w :d in a frame 0!, ei as n castinr bm 1:?) of 1 1 the ndapmtmn 01" (he lm'enfm tomobzie, 211% in this nlap invention, and fnunc 11 1s foil lzu' 'L an pnwn c thcrethrongix, and thin s z mad ' tirely.

"uloes tures e apertures are the same distances between center of the conduits i1 and 1), l'( per- Tlius, sections formed as des rihed i' readilr he passed orer the conduits D,

and po. ioned \Yllllll. the frame.

cordir to the present ini'e ition a plur" i i sections are passed over die. conduits D. and are adapted to he held rigidly in position, in parallel relation to one another, by means of th 'eaded caps ,ii which the forward ends oi the conduits D threaded to receive, ll ashers j are passed over said rods intermediate each the rear eet'ion, and at the trout of the foremost see Thus, when the threaded caps l), E are screwed up tightly, sections ot the radiator will he tightly clamped tog ther on the rods, and

'attling. due to loose roi'nn-etions. u'ill he precluded. L i 1 ya t \"ill lie ioted. more litll'litjlllzll'la' lroin l. land 3 oi the draii'ingrs. that. each ii to conduits l). D is rut away at those interiorl ot' the tiihiilar members A .iilien the seeiions are in proper asseinhled position within the 'traine and these (lllFjllllQS in eondiiits l are designated in the drawings. (see Figs. and 5.l l)\' the reference i'llill'zliii'tl' i.

"t "irill li nianit'est l'roni the foregoing ile Stlllitlwll i" at when the hot water l'i'oni the A ltets ol' the engine is led through the ei n w/ale 7/. of the radiator. into the reservoir ll that. when the pump on the en-. glue is operated to pinup the rooliiig' lliiid through said engine iai'h'els. a sur ion will he'produeed in the outlet reservoir t. of the radiator. with the result that the rater in the inlet re ervoir {lows to the outlet, reser- \oir. \i'henre it limits to the engine. 'ihe cour e ol pas age oi the i-ooliire' tluid 'l'roin the inlet i'eser joii' l; to the outlet reservoir i'-'illo'iv's 'lhe i-ooling lluid passes ll't)ll; "li dui-l. in the portions iihieh are ri n 1:; 4,0

into the interior of the rods D". rearn'ardly through the conduits D". fluid passe through the duct Within the (1. whence it flows direct-l into the out reservoir-Q. During the pas -We of via througl the tubes 5 externally or the o. the movement of the automobile. assisted .h a rotary fan, it desired. {not shoi'n} serves to cause air currents to pass thriiugh the opening Within the frame. and around the tubes vith the result that said tubes are cooled. Furthermore. the heat (it the Water Within said-tubes is transini sheet metal strips 7i. and thereby ditt'uses' with the result that it is more readil carried otl h the (old air eurrents.

i tireording to the present invention, the roolinp; ot the water in its passage intermediat' the iiihes r. is further tat-i itated h passingair currents through the inner tubes 7', and to expedite this thetraine u toriiied, at the lower part oi its i'entral ai pa e, with a curved tare ii. which.

\heii air ciirreiit's strike the lower portion it the front or the radiator. tiieji' are d\.- .leeted upwardly into the lower open ends of the tuhes 1 The upper portion of the 'iraine (I is loved. as at. K. to allow the read exit of air from the upper ends of the tiilies 5/. whence said air is disehar l'ed under the is a rer-r-giir/zed tllllli'fllll Y among motoris s that in the winter the radiators [it"(fUiilt h iiiarhiniinoperative.

i l'iiZill. and render l i'ai'ioiis expedieuts have heen resorted to )\lill il is ditliruttr. hid the present in \i-iiliou. h the provision of the inner and outer tulirs 1 1/. renders possilile a sh l .i liighl etiii'ient. manner of pierludingr the i'i'i-ei ngr ol' the radiators. Men in the most extr me rolil weather.

lllll'ltlj the siiinnier lllllt the radiator is (cooled by tllliltlh'l lltll" air 'lllt'll s pa =d lioth inlerioi'ly and eXti-rnally ol' the tithes ii ili'.

9". nt! iii the winter lllll :i plaie li. shown in dotted lines in l ies. and l. A'lzlt'll tor a part of the tt[llll)llitlll is adapted to over the trout. 1/. so that the screwed or otherii'ise i-i'iiri-d lower portion ol' the l'i'anneold atinospherir air is precluded from enter in: -.he inlei ioi ol the iuhes r A pipe L is in i'oinniiinii-alion with the i'lianiher lieliiud said plate ii. hiirh pipe leads from a 'ali'e iiii-orpoi'atial in tl e, exhaust pipe leai ruin the exhaust iiianil'olil ol' lin 

